Heavy rains last week led to leaky roofs at the warehouse, damaging books, reproductions and likely thousands of comics.

IMAGES: ToonSeum Damage

"One of our board members came in here to check things out and said, 'Oh no. Guys, you got to get down here right away," said Wos.

Wos estimated more than 10,000 comics were kept in the facility, including many that were used in traveling exhibits and school visits.

"We had just put a lot of our library here -- we're opening a new library at the ToonSeum -- and we had it here waiting to be cataloged and just about all of that was destroyed. That's the biggest heartbreaker," said Wos.

Wos said they're still going through boxes to see what can be salvaged.

"We've been hoping against hope that we might be able to salvage some things, but you can see the damage is just, books are starting to yellow already," said Wos. "Even the stuff that looks like it will be fine and we might be able to salvage, a week from now you'll start to see that mold forming."

While Batman, Spider-Man and other more high-profile comic heroes from DC and Marvel's storied histories weren't housed in the warehouse, Wos said the loss of countless others still hurts.

"Fans will understand this. You have long boxes filled with comic books that you never want to part with. They may not be worth a lot to try and sell them, but to try and replace them, that's where it cost you a lot," said Wos.

He wanted to thank many of those same fans across the country who have offered items from their own collections to help rebuild the ToonSeum's.

"This isn't going to slow us down one bit. We've got great exhibits, great programs and this is just a little hurdle and we'll get over it quickly," said Wos.

Wos said the roof has since been patched, but the surviving inventory will likely be moved somewhere else, possibly a climate-controlled facility like where much of the ToonSeum's artwork is currently stored.

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